France 1792-D 15 sols

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Stack's Bowers September 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 71083
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This specimen was lot 71083 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $528. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. Constitution. 15 Sols, 1792-D/Year 4. Lyon Mint. Louis XVI. PCGS AU-53. Deeply toned with strong hues of iridescence, this near-Mint minor stands as the only representative of the type in the PCGS population report. From the Richard Margolis Collection (acquired from Bill Applegate at the Grand Central Convention in New York City on 6 November 1980 for $250)." Altho the French Revolution famously began with the fall of the Bastille in June 1789, the upheaval was not immediately reflected in the coinage, which continued to be issued using the designs of the ancien régime. In 1791, the first "constitutional" coins appeared, including 3 deniers (= 1 liard), 6 deniers (= 2 liards), 12 deniers (= 1 sol), 2 sols, 15 sols (= 1/8 écu) and 30 sols. "Constitutional" half écus and écus appeared in 1792. Only then were the old royal designs discontinued. This type was struck 1791-93 at numerous mints but only Paris ("A") and Limoges ("I") are common. This one has "FRANÇAIS" on the obverse instead of the usual "FRANÇOIS" and is accounted a separate subtype. Its face value was one-eighth of an écu.

Recorded mintage: unknown but a common date.

Specification: 5 g, 0.666 fine silver, 23.5 mm diameter. Engraved by Augustin Dupré.

Catalog reference: KM-605.3; Gad-35.

Source:

  • Duplessy, Jean, Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome II, 2e édition, Paris: Maison Platt, 1999.
  • Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Françaises, 1789-2019, 24me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2019.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, including Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection and Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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